Ray's Blog: January 2008
The Church Of England Re-connecting
Three CA&H Voyagers have just led a week-end for some hundred Readers (licensed but unpaid church workers and preachers) in the Church of England Diocese of Portsmouth. It was styled as ?A week-end of seminars and workshops to help us re-connect with the Spirit and the Scriptures, the...
Bowthorpe - A New Move Of The Spirit
Last week-end a glorious thirtieth anniversary celebration of the planting of The Christia n Church in Bowthorpe, Norwich too k place, hosted by its current leader Simon Stokes, who returned with me from a retreat on Holy Island. Here are some extracts from my talk, which followed a reading...
Balham, Gateway To ...
iI spent last week-end with Balham Community Church, London. This multi-racial congregation has joined Concerned Citizens, a voluntary coalition of groups who ?listen to London?. This listening process has been extensive and inclusive. Any group is welcome to voice its concerns ...
Storms
Holy Island suffered a wild storm. The rushing, mighty wind was so great some people could not walk on the path to church - they held to the wall and crept round. There was a power cut.
Lindisfarne's previous Vicar, David Adam, said it was a good thing God...
Celtic Epiphany?
Celtic Epiphany? In one sense there is no such thing. Except insofar as we seek to re-connect with the Wisdom tradition, which weaves naturally into the Epiphany insight of the gradual revealing of the riches of Christ. Luke chapter two tells how the adolsecent Jesus grew in wisdom, and...
